The Old Guard 2
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): July 2, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
13
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesBrandon YuJul 2, 2025
The film, directed by Victoria Mahoney, is a sure-footed romp that tightens the screws, most immediately by flexing a bigger cast and broadening the lore of the original comic book series. Read full review
70
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiJul 2, 2025
These above average, slightly forgettable movies may not live forever, but Theron’s badassery might. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJul 2, 2025
Whatever its shortcomings, The Old Guard 2 is a better-than-average original streaming feature — well acted by a highly capable cast, peppered with enough action to satisfy most appetites, and underscored with a melancholy vein of introspection about the conflicted roles of superheroes. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesGemma WilsonJul 3, 2025
Despite excellent performances all around, that balance is off in this follow-up, which has more characters but is less character-driven. Read full review
60
Paste MagazineLiam GaughanJul 2, 2025
Although at times it shows a remarkable focus and weight that its predecessor lacked, it also falls victim to the type of cliches and convolution that tend to doom franchises gearing towards the development of still more installments. Read full review
60
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiJul 2, 2025
The Old Guard 2 is a film that feels longer than it should be and not long enough. It strikes an odd balance, but there’s luckily more here that works than doesn’t, even if the plot is thin. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeJul 2, 2025
The Old Guard 2 is broader, zippier, and more caught up in explaining the rules of its immortal superheroes rather than simply living in their complex emotional reality. Read full review
50
The Associated PressLindsey BahrJul 2, 2025
Overall “The Old Guard 2” is fine, a bit of a background movie that’s probably easy enough to tune in and out of (though Schoenaerts, a standout, gives it some real pathos). Its greatest sin is the non-ending, which might have moviegoers engaging in their own rants about wasted time. Read full review
50
Rolling StoneDavid FearJul 2, 2025
It’s a new chapter in a saga, yet like its characters who’ve been practicing the art of war since Sun Tzu coined the term, the sequel somehow feels ancient and a little creaky. Read full review
50
VarietyOwen GleibermanJul 2, 2025
for all the talk of centuries gone by, “The Old Guard 2” feels like a time-tripping action fantasy made on the cheap. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJul 2, 2025
Even the least violent passages of this follow-up are a tedious drag, courtesy of a story that asks nothing of its lead Charlize Theron and her underwhelming co-stars except endless, enervating moping. Read full review
50
IGNEric GoldmanJul 2, 2025
The Old Guard 2 is a disappointing sequel that isn’t as fun or engaging as the first film and doesn’t do enough with its face off between Charlize Theron and Uma Thurman. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJul 2, 2025
The Old Guard 2 is frustratingly — if also pointedly — rushed for a movie about people who’ve been alive for eons, and it never gives any of its characters the chance to meaningfully hash out how the bonds of friendship might pull tighter as they get twisted over the course of a few hundred decades. Read full review
50
ColliderShawn Van HornJul 2, 2025
The Old Guard 2 feels like nothing more than setup, with scene after scene of dialogue and exposition and little actual fighting. Read full review
40
EmpireKelechi EhenuloJul 7, 2025
Too much distance has crept in for The Old Guard 2 to feel memorable, and it shows. A convoluted, sequel-baiting mess that proves time is not a healer. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeJul 2, 2025
It’s not as if some b-plot threads are left dangling but instead, the entire film is left shoddily unfinished. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJul 2, 2025
There’s a debilitating cheapness that keeps this picture from reaching its true potential. I have no idea what the budget was — for all I know, it could have been bigger than the original film’s — but it feels at times like we’re watching a mock-up of what a movie called The Old Guard 2 might look like. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsJul 2, 2025
These characters possessed far more soul in the prior film: they walked through every scene with centuries of baggage and loss; they spoke of times gone by with wonder and awe; they cared for one another. None of that is present here. Read full review
25
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezJul 7, 2025
For anyone who even gives even the remotest care about movies, god forbid you dare to waste your time with this utterly disposable discard. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 3, 2025
“Old Guard 2” is 20 minutes shorter than the original film, but if you think that means it’s more brisk you’re mistaken. Read full review
25
PolygonJesse HassengerJul 2, 2025
Though The Old Guard 2 is only the second installment in this movie series, it’s already far weaker than its predecessor. It does just about everything worse. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 2, 2025
While the original was serious, Old Guard 2 is merely forlorn. Its story holds little interest and, to make matters worse, it doesn’t even end. Instead, it stops mid-story, promising a sequel that feels less like a promise than a threat. Read full review
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